Originally Posted by
Lucillle
I so identify with this thread. I had to take a Tylenol last night to get to sleep because of the muscle pains I'm experiencing but I'm only riding or doing the stationary bike five minutes at a time. I'm so ashamed that I'm this out of shape.
This is me February 2006, about 360 pounds or so. I'm down about 40 pounds from the previous month. My first exercise was seven minutes on a recumbent stationary, and I was exhausted. I was ashamed at myself, but I continued with my exercise program, and improved my eating.
Since photos are allegedly worth a thousand words, I'll let the photo sequence speak for itself.
The last photo is midway on a 72 mile round trip ride to Philadelphia. Two months before I'd ridden my first century. The month before I'd done my first overnight bike tour. When I'd started two years before I couldn't walk a city block without having to stop for rest, and I didn't know how to ride a bike. Two years and 150 pounds later I was living life every day. And I still am.
And if a weak person like me can do that, what can't you folks do?